Jakeb
Boy · JAY-kub · Hebrew
Jakeb is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter, holder of the heel”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jakeb mean?
Hebrew: variant of Jacob
“supplanter, holder of the heel”
Variant spelling of Jacob, the Old Testament patriarch who fathered the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Say it
- JAY-kub
Is Jakeb a girl's or a boy's name?
Jakeb is a boys' name.
How popular is Jakeb in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 74 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Jakeb in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jakeb in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,893 |
| 2008 | 39 | #3,004 |
| 2007 | 51 | #2,473 |
| 2006 | 39 | #2,880 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,202 |
| 2004 | 49 | #2,312 |
| 2003 | 52 | #2,124 |
| 2002 | 47 | #2,220 |
| 2001 | 69 | #1,673 |
| 2000 | 64 | #1,738 |
| 1999 | 74 | #1,514 |
| 1998 | 66 | #1,582 |
| 1997 | 54 | #1,770 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,068 |
| 1995 | 44 | #1,909 |
| 1994 | 37 | #2,176 |
| 1993 | 41 | #1,964 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,462 |
| 1991 | 29 | #2,400 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
Nicknames for Jakeb
- Jake 251 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Jakeb
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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